America, Land of Innocents

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s depressingly true that no nations or peoples are immune from committing atrocities. History is filled with them. Atrocities, that is. Did Hamas commit atrocities, most notably on 10/7? Yes. Has Israel...

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Ukraine’s Military Leadership Admits the Obvious

Commander in Chief of Ukraine’s armed forces Valery Zaluzhny admitted last week in the pages of The Economist that the war with Russia has become a stalemate and there will “most likely” be no breakthrough. It has been clear for months that Ukraine’s much hyped summer...

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The People of Gaza Need a Ceasefire Now

The Biden administration is now admitting that the death toll in Gaza is likely much higher than the count from the local Ministry of Health: A senior Biden administration official said the death toll of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is likely far higher than the...

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Israel Is ‘Daddy’ to the US Congress

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I wrote a note to my representative in Congress, William Keating (D), who is the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. I expressed my opposition to massive Israeli bombing and massive U.S. aid...

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